well it's another studio Ghibli film.. it was done by Miazaki's son - a couple of years back now I think? .. anyway a lot of people have slated it saying it isn't as good as the others but I think for his first film it's alright. it's got a lot of beautiful scenery shots in it, and it has a much gentler less action-packed pace than a lot of the other films... the plot is simpler with less going on but it's still nice and looks beautiful. I feel if it had come from anywhere else people would have loved it, but because people were expecting it to be the next spirited away their expectations were too high.

hmmm ok, I'll check it out - I also want to see Totoro again, the first timeI didn't really get into it so I didn't finish it... There's this place near me thatsells the ENTIRE Miazaki collection for about 60 bucks...

I have an entire collection box set too.. (although it obviously doesn't include the newer ones like ponyo and earth sea or howells) ... I'm also not sure if it's official! lol .. it's probably not -_- I loved Totorro .. but then I love all their films.. (with the exception of Poko rosso or whatever it's called.. the pig one.. I didn't get that one so much! lolPrincess mononoke is a favourite of mine though, I reccomend that one if you haven't seen it already.. it's full of forest spirits and talking giant wolves and such coolbeans